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The president is proposing deeper cuts to critical programs – from foreign aid to school meals to early learning. Tell Congress: To invest in America, we must invest in kids! [[link removed]]
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John,
The White House just released its budget request for next year, and I read through it so you don’t have to.
Here’s what worries me most for children:
* A $4.8 billion cut to humanitarian assistance – threatening the lives of kids desperate for support in Sudan, Myanmar, the Congo and other crisis zones
* Major reductions in global health funding – jeopardizing vaccines, prenatal care and treatment for HIV/AIDs and tuberculosis
* Elimination of development assistance – wiping out programs that help children and families thrive without depending on foreign aid
* Cuts to essential global food programs – taking school meals away from food-insecure children
* Consolidating and slashing education funding – providing less than one-third of current funding levels for specialized programs ranging from literacy assistance to student health and safety
* Slashing early education support in America – ending grants that let states expand preschool and help parents afford child care while working toward a degree
Now for the good news: Congress has the final say. They can pass a budget that puts children first… but they need to feel the pressure from constituents like YOU. [[link removed]]
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John, these proposed funding cuts risk undoing decades of progress for children and families.
If passed, they’d decimate programs that helped decrease child deaths by 55% since 2000.
Rip away support from families facing hunger, poverty and conflict.
Create more disease, death and despair for children.
This is NOT the path forward – and Congress knows it. Urge your lawmakers to invest in America by investing in kids! [[link removed]]
Thanks for stepping up,
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Christy Gleason
Executive Director
Save the Children Action Network
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